Tokyo's subways will soon offer a new mobile app with free Wi-Fi access, then track if the information it provides changes passenger habits. Tokyo Metro, which operates the city's subway system, said the new portal service will act as an ...
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer thinks there are problems with checking email on a smartphone, but her company is working on a solution. "Mail isn't done. There are a lot of things about it that can be improved," she said Tuesday during Goldman ...
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Smartphones running the open source Ubuntu operating system will start shipping in October, although it isn't clear if they will be available in the U.S., according to a report. Mark Shuttleworth, the CEO of Canonical Ltd., told CIO ...
Google is rolling out some enhancements to Google Now, a mobile app that gives Android users personalized information on the fly. The changes could help make the tool a bigger part of people's daily lives. The updates put the app front ...
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Smartphones running on a mobile version the Linux-based Ubuntu operating system could arrive as early October this year, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Linux OS vendor Canonical, told the ...
Norwegian web browser provider Opera Software has announced its acquisition of California-based mobile video optimisation provider Skyfire Labs in a deal that could be worth up to $155m (£100m). The move comes after Opera revealed ...
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Dell's K3000 mobile device management (MDM) appliance is set for release next month, offering organisations a secure means of managing tablets and smartphones in the workplace. But while it offers web-based dashboard support for a wide ...
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Web browser provider Opera has reached 300 million users and has announced plans to drop its own Presto rendering engine in favour of WebKit. It means that future updates to Opera's browser will use the same engine as rivals in the space, ...
Huawei is now the world's third biggest smartphone maker after a strong fourth quarter, according to Gartner. Should the UK share US fears over Chinese tech firms? Apple iOS watch with smartphone features reportedly in development ...
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Apple is testing designs for a watch capable of operating as a smartphone-like device, according to people claiming inside knowledge on the matter. Both The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times cite sources that say Apple is ...
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The repetitive and often-tedious sample review process for companies in the retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods industries will become much easier, faster, and more accurate and effective with the new Sample Review Mobile ...
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Xylem launches mobile app for water removal and flood control solutions Xylem has a mobile app version of its Xylem ‘Dewatering Handbook’. The app provides customers with access to dewatering, water removal and flood control ...
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Today’s mobile spam and phishing attacks will increasingly delivered by mobile malware networks, despite mobile device operating systems being more secure than those of desktop or laptop computers, a report has found. Blue Coat ...
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According to a number of reports, Apple is experimenting with watch-like wearable devices with some smartphone capabilities, as the company looks at new product categories to populate. Apple has discussed the design with manufacturing ...
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A number of users on Apple’s iPhone support forum last week reported a big drop in battery life after they upgraded their handsets to version 6.1 of the iOS operating system. The messages, spread over several threads on the message ...
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